“The new high-tech economy is leaving women behind,” cries Ellen Smyth, president of the American Association of University Women’s Educational Foundation. That’s hardly the case. As their study says, women have achieved parity with men in obtaining four-year college degrees. Females are simply choosing not to be part of the technology sector. As a participant…
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Personal Flight
Innovator displays Aerocar, plans new model of the flying car. This article is a test of my commitment to technological growth. On the one hand, I’d like to be able to get around town easier and building more roads will never get that done. On the other hand, 25% of the people I drive to…
Cell Phone Blues
The battery on my cell phone keeps dying! Heck, the darn thing was completely dead most of yesterday and I didn’t even know it. It’s less than one year old. I could replace it, no big deal. But I’ve got my eye on a Pocket PC PDA/phone combination and would like to switch carriers. Here’s…
True Grit
A Colorado climber amputated his own arm to stay alive. Now that takes some sort of will to survive, friends. Amazing!
Spam Solution for the FTC
The Federal Trade Commission wants to increase pressure on senders “spam”. Sounds like the FTC needs a programmer or two on his staff. What’s needed is a global “do not email” list. Signing up for a similar measure regulating telephone spammers has cut my calls drastically. This would be trivial to implement, particularly if the…
Gay Marriages Not to be Recognized
A Senate bill prohibiting the recognition of same-sex unions won approval by the Texas House. Man, this is going to piss off some Democrats (and ain’t that a shame?). Not that it will matter – I’d expect Republican supporters to be galvanized by this action and keep going to the polls now that someone is…
Stay in School, Fool
UT’s point guard T.J. Ford is likely to go pro. I’m something of a basketball player myself, if being a weekend warrior qualifies, and I was subjected to several of T.J.’s games recently last month. This kid is no pro ball player. In my circles, he’s known as “Turnover T.J.” for a reason. Stay in…
Croc Files
Killing of gator upsets Cinco Ranch residents in Houston. Local news ran a video tape of law enforcement dragging this animal down the street behind a truck before shooting it. Where’s the sense in that? Has anyone at the sheriff’s department heard of animal conservationism? Call the Crocodile Hunter, for Pete’s sake. Update A little…
More News from the Land of the Inane
Researchers find that fish feel pain when hooked. And if they do are we supposed to stop eating fish, too? I love this quote from Dawn Carr, director of PETA (Europe): ” ‘It is unfortunate that these animals were made to suffer for this study …’ “. Now that’s real genius at work.
FTC: Spam is Bad
FTC: Two-thirds of junk e-mails have bogus claims Gee, do you really think so? Don’t you just feel like slapping yourself silly having blown all that scratch on Viagra?